Reusable Water Bottles Initiative

Tourism is a double-edged sword. It has both positive and negative impacts on the environment. In South Asia, the tourism industry has a massive impact on the proliferation of plastic waste due to the inability of local infrastructures and recycling facilities. In return, we have to face environmental challenges. Being a tour company it’s our responsibility to minimize the adverse impact on the environment. Aarya Village Travel took small steps towards sustainability by providing reusable water bottles to our guests on arrival.

 “If you want to change something, first change yourself “

At the end of 2019, we surveyed the program we are selling to our guests and found that 1 guest spent 7 days on average in Nepal and drank 12 liters of water in one trip.  In season, we have around 100 arrivals in a month so we are generating over 1000 water bottles. To cope with the issues our team came up with the initiative of reusable water bottles to minimize the negative impact on the environment.

“It is not just a water bottle it will reflect the values of an organization “

• It demonstrates our organizational vision toward sustainability. 
• We have forecasted, that over 5000 disposable water bottles can be eliminated solely by our organization.
• It will educate travelers about the environmental challenges caused by plastic waste.
• It has demonstrated the leadership and commitment of Aarya Travel to reducing plastic waste in the wider community of tourism industries.

Thus, we encourage our guests to refill the water since lots of Tea Houses on the Trekking route sell boiled water which can be refilled in your reusable water bottle. This money will directly go to local people rather than the big mineral water company. We provide a free water purification table on the trek which can be used for 25 liters.

Our all employees, guides, and drivers are committed to our Reusable Water Bottle Initiatives. We have also tied up with the waste management company to recycle the waste generated by our organization.

It will be a souvenir to our guests from our side as well.